Srinagar:  Several delegations including members of Intizamia Committee Ziyarat Sharief, Aishmuqam, President GSPF, and Award winning Environmentalist called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Sunday here at Raj Bhawan and projected their concerning issues and demands.

A delegation of Intizamia Committee Ziyarat Sharief, Aishmuqam, Anantnag called on the Lt Governor and submitted a charter of demands before him pertaining to the maintenance, beautification, and preservation of the rich heritage of Sufi township of Aishmuqam.

Similarly, a delegation of Global Strategic Policy Foundation (GSPF), Pune led by its President Dr. Anant Bhagwat also called on the Lt Governor and discussed various issues of the social reformation and national interest.

Meanwhile, Award winning Environmentalist, Abdul Rashid also met the Lt Governor and discussed issues pertaining to the conservation, protection, and restoration of environment.

Sinha listened to all the issues and demands put forth by the members of delegations and assured them that their genuine issues and demands would be taken up for examination and early redressal.

He observed that government is committed to taking all requisite measures and initiatives to meet the developmental aspirations of the people of J&K.

Srinagar:  In yet another heartwarming example of Kashmiriyat, Muslims in a village in north Kashmir district of Baramulla helped perform the last rites of a Kashmiri Pandit woman.

According to details, as soon as the news of the death of Rani Kaul, wife of Moti Lal Kaul, spread in village Tarhama in Kunzar, members of Muslim community on Saturday came in large numbers to their house to condole the death despite rain and snow.

However, her funeral was delayed as her relatives had to come from Delhi. On Sunday, the local Muslims helped the family to perform the last rites of the elderly woman. Kauls are the only pundits living in the village.

This is not the first time that Muslims in the valley have helped perform the last rites of Kashmiri Pandits, who stayed in Kashmir.

JAMMU: Appreciating Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s keen interest towards exploring and encouraging technological innovations in India, Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and Prime Minister’s Office, Dr Jitendra Singh, today said that the cumulative experience and knowledge gives a sense of scientific intuition and it was the PM, who for the first time, let the government diversify the applications of Space Technology and scientific innovations in the country.

“PM of India and his team has the capacity and courage to take revolutionary decisions for future technological advancements”, Union Minister maintained while addressing ‘National Science Day’ organized with the theme “Future of STI: Impact on Education, Skills and Work” by the Department of Students Welfare, University of Jammu here.

Dr Jitendra Singh said that with a reasonable degree of evidence, space technology has entered every Indian household in one form or the other and the space technology is finding its applications everywhere be that the smart city projects, agricultural technology, remote sensing, railway technology and disaster management in India.

Addressing the academicians, scholars and students on the National Science Day, Dr Jitendra said that the space technology in India is progressing by leaps and bounds under the present Government and the country is now on the verge of sending humans to space through its ‘Gaganyaan Mission’. He advised the academicians, scholars and students to visit all the important scientific institutes like Baba Atomic Research Centre, Vikram Sarabhai Space Center and other important scientific installations so as to realize the fact that science cannot be achieved without the passion.

Spelling out on the advancements of Nuclear Technology in India, Dr Jitendra praised Dr Homi J. Baba, Indian Nuclear Physicist for his immense contribution in the field saying that nuclear energy is going to be one of the most common sources of energy for increasing needs of India especially when the country is focusing on clean sources of energy.

He further said that scientific perseverance has gained momentum from the last seven years under Prime Minister’s guidance and the recently announced National Education policy is one of best steps ever initiated taking the scientific studies in the vernacular form.

Speaking on early development of COVID-19 vaccine in India as compared to most developed countries in the world, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the resilience exhibited by the Indian Scientists has no comparison.

Listing out various scientific developments taking place in J&K since the past many years, Jitendra highlighted some of the achievements like Cannabis Medicine Project by the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine with Canadian collaboration, establishment of National Institute of High Altitude Medicine at Bhaderwah, setting up of department of Space Studies at Central University of Jammu which will be a catalyst towards development of scientific temper among the science students and scholars in J&K.

The awards were distributed among the prize winners of different competitions like quiz, debate and poster making held in different science faculties and departments of the University of Jammu. Besides, best papers published during 2019-20 by the research scholars of Botany, Statistics, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Physics and Mathematics were also awarded in the event.